By Graham "GSM" Matthews Whenever someone would bring up the topic of the best wrestling documentaries in modern memory, the three DVDs that would usually be mentioned were CM Punk's, Chris Jericho's, and Edge's documentaries. I had seen two of the three before (both of which I've reviewed), but I had never seen Edge's DVD. It was released in early 2012 and focused around Edge's in-ring retirement. I recall a DVD being released for Edge around 2008 entitled "A Decade of Decadence", and I'm not sure what it featured since Edge's "You Think You Know Me?" DVD basically covered his entire life and career. Regardless of whether he was face or heel, I have always been a massive fan of Edge, but this DVD made me look at him in an entirely different light. The part that inspired me the most was that he had always been a fan of the WWE. He was voted "Most Likely to Become WWE Champion" in high school, which is outrageously cool. He scratched and clawed to break into the wrestling business and eventually did so alongside his best friend and longtime tag team partner, Christian. By Graham "GSM" Matthews I was asked to go to the cinemas last Friday by a family member to go see the movie "The Way, Way Back". Now, at this point, I hadn't seen any trailers for the film, much less even knew what it was about. We had to leave immediately in order to catch the movie, so I wasn't able to look up any info about it, but it wouldn't have caught our eye had it not starred Steve Carell in it. Not only that, but it was also made by the same people who produced "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine", and I enjoyed the latter, so I assumed this movie would be much of the same. From the title, I figured it had something to do with time travel, but that couldn't have been farther from the actual plot. The title of the film was symbolic of the back of the car, which the main star/kid sat in on their way up (and from) the house they were staying in that summer. I missed the first few minutes of the movie, so I didn't get the connection until after I got home. Since we arrived late, I had zero idea what was happening early on in the movie, but it quickly started to make sense as the characters started to fall into place. There was the loner son, his cowardly mother, his mom's ignorant boyfriend (Steve Carell), his bratty step-sister, and his cute neighbor that he had a mild crush on. By Graham "GSM" Matthews There are so many summer blockbusters that have come out have been recently released in theaters that it's been difficult to see them all. Amongst the long list of movies I wanted to see this summer season was "Despicable Me 2". I saw the first one in July 2010 and absolutely adored it. I actually ended up getting it on DVD that Christmas and have watched it multiple times since then. I believe I saw the trailer for the sequel about a year ago and couldn't wait for it to come out. I've attempted to make it to the movies several times in the last month to see this film, but to no avail. Thankfully, I finally had the opportunity to go and see it this past week (on five dollar Tuesday, no less), so I was pretty stoked about it. Sure enough, it didn't disappoint. Some people might be embarrassed to go see a children's movie at the movie theater, but I wouldn't classify the "Despicable Me" franchise as such. Keep in mind, this wasn't made by Disney. Not only are they family-friendly movies, but they contain something that almost anyone can enjoy. Similar to its predecessor, I very much enjoyed this film. It did a good job of introducing new characters (such as Gru's new partner) while also maintaining the old ones as well (Gru, The Minions, etc.). |
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